Luarsab Andronikashvil
Luarsab may refer to: * Georgian rulers: ** Luarsab I of Kartli (1500s–1550s) ** Luarsab II of Kartli (1592–1622) * Luarsab (given name) Luarsab ( ka, ლუარსაბ) is a Georgian male name derived from the Persian Lohrāsp, a name of the legendary Kayanid king from Ferdowsi’s ''Shahnameh'' who reigned for 120 years. Notable people bearing this name *Luarsab I of Kartli ...

Luarsab I Of Kartli
Luarsab I ( ka, ლუარსაბ I) ( – ), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of the Georgian Kingdom of Kartli from 1527 to 1556 or from 1534 to 1558. Persistent in his resistance against Safavid Persian aggression, he was killed in the Battle of Garisi. Life The eldest son of David X, he succeeded on the abdication of his uncle, George IX, in 1527 (more accepted date) or 1534. When young, he distinguished himself as a commander in his father’s army, particularly at the Battle of Teleti (1522), won by a Persian invasion army in spite of heavy losses. He established close contacts with Bagrat III of Imereti, king of Imereti (western Georgia) and married in 1526 his daughter. A year later, he was crowned king of Kartli and launched a series of measures to strengthen the kingdom’s defence capacity amid the ongoing war between Safavid Persia and Ottoman Turkey (1514-1555). In alliance with Bagrat of Imereti, Luarsab fought both empires trying to preserve his indep ...
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Luarsab II Of Kartli
Luarsab II the Holy Martyr ( ka, ლუარსაბ II) (1592 – 21 June (Julian calendar, O.S.), 1 July (Gregorian calendar, N.S.), 1622), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a List of the Kings of Georgia, king of Kingdom of Kartli (1484-1762), Kartli (eastern Georgia (country), Georgia) from 1606 to 1615. He is known for his martyr’s death at the hands of the Persian Empire, Persian shah Abbas I of Persia, Abbas I. The Georgian Orthodox Church regards him as saint and marks his memory on the day of his death, July 1. Life Luarsab ascended the Kartlian throne at the age of 14 after his father, George X of Kartli, Giorgi X, suddenly died in 1606. During his minority, the government was actually run by a royal tutor Shadiman Baratashvili. It was when Abbas I succeeded in driving the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman armies out of eastern Georgia, leaving a Persian force in Tbilisi, and confirming Luarsab as king of Kartli. The Ottomans attempted to remove Luarsab, sending in Georgia a larg ...
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